Liquid-soap-dispensing apparatus.



L. W. HOLMES.

LIQUID SOAP DISPENSING APPARATUS. APPLICATION HLED JULY 17. 19x2.

1 ,284,68 1 Patented Nov, 12, 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD WILLIAM HOLMES, 0F RICKMANSWORTH, ENGLAND, ASSIG-NOR TO THEHORTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, 0F RIOKMANSWORTI-I, ENGLAND.

LIQUID-SOAP-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Application filed July 17, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD WILLIAM HOLMES, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at Rickmansworth, in the county ofHertford, England, have invented new and useful Improvements inLiquid-Soap-Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to apparatus for dispensing or deliveringsmall quantities of liquid soap into the hand of a person desiring toperform his ablutions and the invention has for its object to provide aliquid soap dispensing apparatus that shall be cheap to manufacture andsimple in construction.

Liquid soap dispensing apparatus as now made is provided with valves andmoving parts in contact with the soap and as the soap eoagulates thevalves and moving parts are very liable to choke or stick, so renderingthe dispensing apparatus useless.

Liquid soap dispensing apparatus in accordance with this invention isdevoid of valves and moving parts in contact with the soap.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, reference Willnow be made to the accompanying drawings, on which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a liquid soap dispensing apparatus; and

Fig. 2 is a section through the discharge aperture.

The liquid soap dispensing apparatus comprises a container 1 that ispivotally mounted in and between the arms of a Y shaped bracket 2 havinga base 3 by means of which it is mounted and secured upon a wall orother suitable abutment. The mounting and arrangement of the bracket 2are preferably such that the arms thereof are horizontal. The container1 has a cylindrical lower portion and a conical upper Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Serial No. 181,071.

portion, and is so mounted that it tends to assume always the positionshown in Fig. 1. At the line of juncture of the upper and lowerportions, a finger plate 4; is attached. Pressure on this finger plate 1will cause the container to turn about its mounting. The apex of theupper and conical portion is formed with a depression 5, the sides ofwhich are relatively steepand the inner and outer surfaces of which areparallel the one to the other. At the bottom of the depression is formedan orifice 6, the edge of which is sharp or knife like. When it isdesired to obtain liquid. soap out of the container 1, a person placeshis hand with the finger nails resting on the finger plate 4 and exertsa downward pressure. The container 1 is accordingly turned about itsmounting and a quantity of liquid soap is discharged through the orifice6 into the palm of the hand operating the container. Only a smallquantity of liquid soap will be discharged, the'amount depending uponthe dimensions of the orifice 6. When the container is allowed to returnto its normal position, any

liquid soap on the inner and outer surfaces of the depression flows backinto the body of the container and the sharp or knife like edge of theorifice does not provide a surface on which the soap can coagulate. Thesteepness of the sides of the depression must be so chosen that theliquid soap will flow down quickly and thus prevent coagulation of theliquid soap thereon.

What I claim is A valveless liquid dispenser comprising a revolublecontainer with a substantially conical reentrant mouth piece, said mouthpiece having at its inner extremity a sharp edged annulus.

Dated this 14th day of June, 1917.

LEONARD WILLIAM HOLMES.

Copies of. this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

